Our team have vast experience handling the full spectrum of employment changes for employers, from individual terminations to complex collective consultation processes. We advise on structuring redundancy programmes, identifying collective consultation triggers, selecting employees, and managing voluntary redundancy processes.
We’ve helped employers craft strategies from initial announcement through consultation to final implementation, taking into account legal compliance, employee relations, and reputational impact. We also manage interactions with employee representatives and trade unions throughout the process.
Our award-winning tech solutions help generate the tailored documentation you need, from consultation letters to settlement agreements.
Periods of workforce disruption often see an increase in union activity or industrial action. Our team is well-versed in handling union negotiations, strike threats, and industrial relations disputes.
To reduce legal risk, employers often offer redundancy settlement agreements in exchange for enhanced severance. We advise on legally compliant redundancy and settlement agreements, whether in individual cases or across large-scale programmes. If Tribunal claims arise, whether from individuals or led by trade unions, we are experienced in defending employers.
In insolvency situations, we’ve supported administrators through some of the most high-profile, sizeable proceedings in the UK. We advise on everything from pre-pack administrations and mass redundancies to TUPE and protective award claims.
Global Transformation Projects
Our lawyers have decades of experience leading and supporting global clients through multi-jurisdictional redundancies and restructures. With employees increasingly spread across borders, executing a compliant global reduction in force requires detailed knowledge of each country’s legal and employee relations landscape. Actions in one jurisdiction can create ripple effects in another, so coordination is key.
At Littler, we are uniquely equipped to manage global redundancy projects. We combine legal precision with commercial awareness to support central project planning and local execution. We regularly advise on approach to consultation with employees, works councils and trade unions at a national level and with European Works Councils and notification requirements to governmental authorities that reductions in force are compliant and reflect the need for ongoing relations with consultation bodies.
